A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.